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Enhance Your Professional Value with Project Management Certification

• Dr. Bill Brantley, PMP

Project - a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result. Project Management - the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements. Records Management - a set of activities required for systematically controlling the creation, distribution, use, maintenance, and disposition of recorded information maintained as evidence of business activities and transactions

The Project Lifecycle

Project Management Knowledge Areas

PMP – Project Management Professional

CAPM – Certified Associate in Project Management

CompTIA Project+ Master Project Manager Certified Project Manager Project Management in IT Security Associate in Project Management Professional in Project Management Certified Project Director Project Management Certificate from various academic programs

PMP – Project Management Professional

Applying for the PMP Certification – Work Experience

4,500 hours in the last five years (7,500 hours without a bachelor’s degree) Hours in each of the five PMI Process Groups Initiating Planning Executing Monitoring and Controlling Closing Document the supervisor’s name and contact information Collect project artifacts (budgets, project plans, schedules, etc.) Be prepared for an audit

Three years of unique, non-overlapping project management experience

Applying for the PMP Certification – Education

35 Contact Hours Equal to 35 Actual Hours

Online Programs Universities Community Colleges Professional Trainers

Make sure they are a PMI Registered Education Provider

Applying for the PMP Certification – Exam

200 Questions Four Hours Proctored Computer Test Center

Keeping Your PMP Certification